This line graph shows that women using nicotine gum therapy to quit smoking reported greater withdrawal symptoms than men did.
The withdrawal symptom score (A high score represented greater symptoms) for each category follows:
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 0 weeks after quitting: approximately 10
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 1 weeks after quitting: approximately 17
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 2 weeks after quitting: approximately 14
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 3 weeks after quitting: approximately 17
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 4 weeks after quitting: approximately 13
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 5 weeks after quitting: approximately 12
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 6 weeks after quitting: approximately 10
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 7 weeks after quitting: approximately 9
- Withdrawal symptom score for women 8 weeks after quitting: approximately 7
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 0 weeks after quitting: approximately 9
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 1 weeks after quitting: approximately 10
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 2 weeks after quitting: approximately 8
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 3 weeks after quitting: approximately 8
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 4 weeks after quitting: approximately 7
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 5 weeks after quitting: approximately 5
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 6 weeks after quitting: approximately 4
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 7 weeks after quitting: approximately 3
- Withdrawal symptom score for men 8 weeks after quitting: approximately 3